It’s been a while since we’ve had a Book Club posting. I have recently received a swatch of new books over the holidays, so we’ll see if we can keep these posts coming on a regular basis.

The first book for the club this year is Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. This is my 2nd foray into Gaiman’s works, and picked this title because I have heard good things about it. Unfortunately, I don’t know what it is about, so I look forward to finding out.

Post your thoughts, if you decide to keep up with this book.

This entry of the Pate LIVE! Book Club comes from Sergei Lukyanenko. “The Night Watch” is the first of his epic trilogy between good and evil.  It follows the stories of the Others, serving the Light (good) or Dark (evil), who are supernaturally gifted beings.

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On Tuesday, April 18th, 2007, “The Children of Hurin” by J.R.R. Tolkien was released. This is a new complete work from the late author. I’ve not gotten my hands on it yet, but the book is on it’s way to my door today.

Well, if any of you picked up the last book in the Pate LIVE! Book Club, I hoped you enjoyed it as much as me. This time, the book club is picking up the final installment of Nick Sagan’s Idlewild trilogy: Everfree.

I’m going to attempt to start alerting readers to which books I am currently reading, as I’ve become an avid reader over the past few months. As time permits, I’ll post the past few books I’ve read, along with my thoughts.

Last night, I picked up a book by Terry Brooks entitled “Magic Kingdom For Sale: SOLD!” I read this book in my younger days and remember enjoying it. Let’s hope I still enjoy it now.

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Born from Huntsville, Alabama, comes a movie adaptation of the scientific book: Flatland.

If you don’t know what this is, you will, more than likely, not care about this. However, since I like stuff like this, I shall pass it along to you.

First, the book:

Second, the movie stuffs:

Now entering Flatland [AL.com]

Flatland: The Film - Produced in Alabama
Flatland: The Movie - Produced in Hollywood
Enjoy!

The new Harry Potter book is now available for pre-order! It comes out July 23rd, 2007. Order yours now!

Happy reading!

It’s finally been revealed. The title to one of the most highly anticipated books has been set. News from across the pond is that J.K. Rowling has released the title to the seventh and final Harry Potter book.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”

So there we have it… the rumors can be fueled with what this means for the teenage wonderboy.

Will he perish? Will he defeat Voldemort? What will become of Ron and Hermione? With the giants return? What of Dumbledore? What (or who) is the seventh horcrux? What about Aunt Petunia and the rest of Clan Dursley? Will Nevelle Longbottom become a hero? And who will become the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for the final book, provided Hogwarts remains open?

I have my suspicions of his fate, but I’ll find out like the rest of you.

For more information:

• http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1977216,00.html
• http://www.startribune.com/484/story/890556.html
• http://online.wsj.com/google_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB116671195966956731.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj
• http://news.google.com/news?q=Harry+Potter+and+the+Deathly+Hallows&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=sol&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title